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Skill Sheet 3-2
Giving CPR to a Child

1. Verify that the child is unresponsive and not breathing.

■ Shout to get the child’s attention, using the
child’s name if you know it. If the child does
not respond, tap the child’s shoulder and shout
again while checking for normal breathing.

■ If the child does not respond and is not
breathing or only gasping, continue to step 2.

2. Place the child on his or her back on a firm, flat surface. Kneel beside the child.

3. Give 30 chest compressions.

■ Place the heel of one hand in the center of
the child’s chest, with your other hand on top.
Position your body so that your shoulders are
directly over your hands. (Alternatively, in a small
child, you can use a one-handed CPR technique:
place the heel of one hand in the center of the
child’s chest.)

■ Keeping your arms straight, push down about
2 inches, and then let the chest return to its
normal position.

■ Push hard and push fast! Give compressions at
a rate of 100–120 compressions per minute.

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4. Give 2 rescue breaths.

■ Place the breathing barrier over the child’s nose
and mouth.

■ Open the airway. (Put one hand on the forehead
and two fingers on the bony part of the chin
and tilt the head back to a slightly past-neutral
position.)

■ Pinch the nose shut and make a complete seal over the child’s mouth with your
mouth.

■ Take a normal breath and blow into the child’s mouth for about 1 second, looking to
see that the chest rises.

■ Take another breath, make a seal, then give the second rescue breath.

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